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president barack obama ordered a review of the national security agency intelligence operations acknowledging more constraints are needed and he is being criticized over the nsa tapped angela merkel's phone and snooped on other european allies and we have more. >> reporter: the practice of listening in on the phone calls of the leaders of allied countries could be about to end. in an interview president barack obama says that national security operations generally have one purpose, to make sure the american people are safe. but i'm initiating now a review to make sure what they are able to do doesn't necessarily mean it's what they should be doing. this is prompted by reports in germany that president obama was briefed on the surveillance of chancellor merkel's known in 2010. administration officials say it's not true and a white house review only discovered the surveillance of world leaders in the summer and say the bugging of merkel's phone and soon after. a delegation from the european parliament visiting washington is worried about the surveillance of 10s of millions of its citizens and o
president barack obama ordered a review of the national security agency intelligence operations acknowledging more constraints are needed and he is being criticized over the nsa tapped angela merkel's phone and snooped on other european allies and we have more. >> reporter: the practice of listening in on the phone calls of the leaders of allied countries could be about to end. in an interview president barack obama says that national security operations generally have one purpose, to...
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national security agency. spain joins france, germany, brazil and mexico. last week, we told sle german head of government, angela merkel, called president obama to tell him to stop listening to her cell phone. late today, the chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee, dianne feinstein, said she is "totally opposed to spying on allies." well, no eavesdropping was required for u.s. officials to get an earful from european representatives in washington today. here's state department correspondent margaret brennan. >> reporter: members of the european parliament arrived for a closed-door meeting with house intelligence committee chairman mike rogers this morning. but the explanation they got did not satisfy germany's elmar brok who said the wiretapping of angela merkel's phone was a criminal act. >> if we have the feeling that your closest allies are spying on you, it's difficult to talk to such an ally in an open way anymore and i think we have to make a clear distinction between fighting together terrorism but not spying on friends. >> reporter: survei
national security agency. spain joins france, germany, brazil and mexico. last week, we told sle german head of government, angela merkel, called president obama to tell him to stop listening to her cell phone. late today, the chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee, dianne feinstein, said she is "totally opposed to spying on allies." well, no eavesdropping was required for u.s. officials to get an earful from european representatives in washington today. here's state...
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a spanish newspaper says the national security agency tracked millions of phone calls. reporters for el mundo said they logged 60 million calls last december and january. they say the agents tracked the numbers of calls and where they took place. they say the agency did not store the content of the calls. the reporters cited classified documents provided by former nsa contractor edward snowden. spanish government officials summoned the u.s. ambassador for an explanation. spanish law prohibits the collecting of such information without permission. >>> german media are reporting that agents also bugged chancellor angela merkel's phone. u.s. officials have not denied the allegation but say no such surveillance is taking place now. they say they're conducting a review of their intelligence gathering methods. >> i noted the other day a readout from a phone call the president had with chancellor merkel made clear that we do not and will not monitor the chancellor's communications. >> carney said last summer president barack obama ordered a comprehensive review of how the u.s.
a spanish newspaper says the national security agency tracked millions of phone calls. reporters for el mundo said they logged 60 million calls last december and january. they say the agents tracked the numbers of calls and where they took place. they say the agency did not store the content of the calls. the reporters cited classified documents provided by former nsa contractor edward snowden. spanish government officials summoned the u.s. ambassador for an explanation. spanish law prohibits...
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national security agency bugged the phones of world leaders including allies in europe. pictures have emerged showing hostages in the philippines being shot at during a siege last month and they were caught in the cross fire as the army fought rebels. chinese police are pursuing a community after a crash in tiananmen square and five were killed and dozens injured when a car plowed into a crowd on monday. madagascar, a massive island off africa and the worst locust plague in years and infesting half of the african nation and destroyed crops leaving 4 million people hungry. so let's go to tanya page who is live in the capitol and it does look even though the situation is pretty bleak it looks like help is at hand. >> yes, it certainly is. that is because there is a three-year emergency response program that is about to start spraying these insects which at the moment are on the ground. it's an ongoing problem because next year if they don't do something about them now the swarms will get up again and will be flying all over the country as well. we are at a feeding program
national security agency bugged the phones of world leaders including allies in europe. pictures have emerged showing hostages in the philippines being shot at during a siege last month and they were caught in the cross fire as the army fought rebels. chinese police are pursuing a community after a crash in tiananmen square and five were killed and dozens injured when a car plowed into a crowd on monday. madagascar, a massive island off africa and the worst locust plague in years and infesting...
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national security agency >>> good evening. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. tough new abortion restrictions and taxes are likely to wind up before the u.s. supreme court reacts from state with bipartison support. also tonight - i always tell people if they want to dozens of people tweeting the name. >> finding hate on line. the >> >> >>> we gee bin tonight with a federal judge's decision to stop controversial restrictions on an abortion in texas. it comes hours before the new rule is to go into effect. a federal ruling >> it's not just a human rights privacy issue, encryption is being compromised. that is a commercial issue. >> we are asking where we are making deals like swift and all these things, that we get to the truth. you have too re-establish trust. this is important. secondly we are saying get proportionality we are not expecting admissions tomorrow, but let's start a process of some accountability. we have member states with bad accountability in relation to service, and surveillance. we have a problem, and we are
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security agency is conducting surveillance, on american citizens within the united states. specifically under the u.s. patriot act which was passed after 9/11, and the national intelligence directors, clapper, james clapper and alexander will be trying to describe to what degrees they have complied with the law. they insist and they just recently actually overnight released several declassified documents trying to show that they have been complied with the directives of the secret u.s. foreign surveillance intelligence court. and that in one instance, several instances where they did exceed the boundaries allowed by that court, that they pulled back, and subsequently, the court approved their methods. so again, this is -- this won't necessarily deal with the extent with which american intelligence agencies are actually spying on foreign leaders. >> okay, tom ackerman, thank you very much, indeed. >> was it a simple car crash or a point to drive home a point by choinchinese ethnic minority? in china am teenen men square. reporting from hong kong. >> around the square normall
security agency is conducting surveillance, on american citizens within the united states. specifically under the u.s. patriot act which was passed after 9/11, and the national intelligence directors, clapper, james clapper and alexander will be trying to describe to what degrees they have complied with the law. they insist and they just recently actually overnight released several declassified documents trying to show that they have been complied with the directives of the secret u.s. foreign...
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security agency. that director long with the director of national intersection are due to face the intersection committee in open sessions in about two and a half hours from now. president obama is questioning too that the questions keep piling up. >> reporter: president obama would not confirm the nsa was spying on the phone calls of u.s. allies like germany's chanceler angela merkel. but he both defended u.s. intelligence activities. >> the national security operations generally have one purpose and that is to make sure that the american people are safe. >> and conceded that maybe they've got gone too far. >> i'm initiating a review that what they're able to do doesn't necessarily mean what they should be doing. >> reporter: and when he found out, he ordered a stop to some of the programs. the democratic chairman of the senate intelligence committee, die an feinstein, usually an ally of the white house, says that's not good enough. and want as total review of all of the programs. europeans are in wa
security agency. that director long with the director of national intersection are due to face the intersection committee in open sessions in about two and a half hours from now. president obama is questioning too that the questions keep piling up. >> reporter: president obama would not confirm the nsa was spying on the phone calls of u.s. allies like germany's chanceler angela merkel. but he both defended u.s. intelligence activities. >> the national security operations generally...
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the national security agency specifically as part of the intelligence community broadly is an honorable institution. the men and women who do this sense of work are honorable people dedicated to conducting their mission lawfully and are appalled by any wrongdoing. they too are citizens of this nation who care just as much about privacy and constitutional rights as the rest of us. they should be commended for their crucial and important work in protecting the people of the country which has been made more difficult by this torrent of damaging disclosures. that all said we stand ready to work in partnership with you to adjust foreign surveilance authorities to further protect our privacy and civil liberties. and i think there's some principles we already agree on. first, we must always protect our sources, methods, targets, partners and relationships. we must do a better job in helping the american people understand what we do, why, and most importantly the oversight that helps insure we do it correctly. third, we must take every opportunity to demonstrate our but we also have to remain m
the national security agency specifically as part of the intelligence community broadly is an honorable institution. the men and women who do this sense of work are honorable people dedicated to conducting their mission lawfully and are appalled by any wrongdoing. they too are citizens of this nation who care just as much about privacy and constitutional rights as the rest of us. they should be commended for their crucial and important work in protecting the people of the country which has been...
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they followed more disclosures linked to the national security agency. newshour correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. >> in madrid the u.s. ambassador to spain james crossoes ignored shouted questions about how his meeting at the foreign ministry went. he had been summoned after the newspaper el mundo reported the nsa tracked more than 60 million phone calls in spain just from december 2012 to january 2013. meanwhile in washington members of the european parliament met with the house intelligence committee on u.s. surveillance. >> it's just about trust. for the european union to restore this trust to make sense of why the nsa surveillance was necessary, why it's so disproportionate. >> there have already been revelations that the nsa collected the phone call gait of french and german citizens and of ger pan chancellor angela merkel. over the weekend the german newspaper said merkel's phone was monitored as early as 2002. and another german paper said president obama was briefed about the effort in 2010, much earlier than previously reported. th
they followed more disclosures linked to the national security agency. newshour correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. >> in madrid the u.s. ambassador to spain james crossoes ignored shouted questions about how his meeting at the foreign ministry went. he had been summoned after the newspaper el mundo reported the nsa tracked more than 60 million phone calls in spain just from december 2012 to january 2013. meanwhile in washington members of the european parliament met with the...
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but the directors of national intelligence and the national security agency pushed back. >> one of the first things i learned in intel school in 1963 is that this is the fundamental giveen in the intelligence. >> woodruff: that fundamental according to director of national intelligence james clapper, is learning the intentions of foreign leaders, even if it means spying on allies. what's more, he told today's house hearing it's a two-way street. >> do you believe that the allies have conducted or at any time any type of espionage activity against the united states of america, our intelligence services, our leaders or otherwise? >> absolutely. >> there have been disclosures in recent days that the national security agency eavesdroped on german chancellor angela merkel. the n.s.a.'s director, army general keith al sander the, defended the general practice of surveillance in the u.s. and abroad to prevent terrorist attacks. >> there has not been a mass casualty here in the u.s. since 2001. that's not by luck! they didn't stop hating us. they didn't say that they were going to just forgive
but the directors of national intelligence and the national security agency pushed back. >> one of the first things i learned in intel school in 1963 is that this is the fundamental giveen in the intelligence. >> woodruff: that fundamental according to director of national intelligence james clapper, is learning the intentions of foreign leaders, even if it means spying on allies. what's more, he told today's house hearing it's a two-way street. >> do you believe that the...
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security agency collected meditate on sixty million spanish telephones over the course of a month this past december using information leaked by former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden in spanish newspaper el mundo reports that the n.s.a. collected numbers and locations of the phone calls but not the actual content this outer warning that the n.s.a. has also been tuning into the communications of thirty five world leaders senate intelligence committee chairwoman dianne feinstein offered her her two cents today about the surveillance of world leaders saying quote with respect to n.s.a. collection of intelligence on leaders of us. allies including france spain and mexico and germany let me state unequivocally i am totally opposed now the european union parliamentary delegation is preparing for a visit to the u.s. to express concerns over n.s.a. surveillance tactics political commentator sam sachs brings us more. in the coming days german intelligence officials will come to washington d.c. to demand answers from the white house about surveillance on chancellor angela merkel but the anger
security agency collected meditate on sixty million spanish telephones over the course of a month this past december using information leaked by former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden in spanish newspaper el mundo reports that the n.s.a. collected numbers and locations of the phone calls but not the actual content this outer warning that the n.s.a. has also been tuning into the communications of thirty five world leaders senate intelligence committee chairwoman dianne feinstein offered her her...
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one of the key witnesses is the head of the national security agency. tracie potts live on capitol hill this morning with more on that, and what the president is doing. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president's meeting with his cyber security team today but his intelligence officials, the director of national intelligence, the head of the nsa, general alexander and others the justice department, they are headed to capitol hill to brief lawmakers on these intelligence programs and we keep learning more and more about via edward snowden and some of the publications he has been talking to. there were allegations that we spied on millions of people in spain. individuals, civilians, not government officials. that we've been spying on at least 35 world leaders including germany's angela merkel. they want some answers. some of those may come at the house intelligence committee hearing today. senator dianne feinstein, senate intelligence said she doesn't think there is any reason why we should be spying on world leaders especially from our allies
one of the key witnesses is the head of the national security agency. tracie potts live on capitol hill this morning with more on that, and what the president is doing. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president's meeting with his cyber security team today but his intelligence officials, the director of national intelligence, the head of the nsa, general alexander and others the justice department, they are headed to capitol hill to brief lawmakers on these intelligence...
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the national security agency specifically is part of the intelligence community broadly is an honorable institution. the men and women who do this work are honorable people dedicated to conducting their mission lawfully and appalled by any wrongdoing. they, too, are citizens of this nation who care just as much about privacy and constitutional rights as the rest of us. they should be commended for their crucial important work in protecting the people of the country, which has been made all the more difficult by this torrent of unauthorized damaging disclosures. that all said, we in the ic stand ready to work in partnership with you to just surveillance authorities to further protect our privacy and civil liberties. i think there's some principles we already agree on. first we must protect sources, methods, targets, partners, sources, liaisons and relationships. we must do a better job helping american people understand what we do, why we do it and rigorous oversight that helps ensure we do it correctly. third we must take every demons commitment to respecting the civil liberties and pri
the national security agency specifically is part of the intelligence community broadly is an honorable institution. the men and women who do this work are honorable people dedicated to conducting their mission lawfully and appalled by any wrongdoing. they, too, are citizens of this nation who care just as much about privacy and constitutional rights as the rest of us. they should be commended for their crucial important work in protecting the people of the country, which has been made all the...
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at the end of the day, it was the national security agency which kept us safe. let's don't damage this organization. let's just try to clean it up. >> bob baer, thank you very much. and the name marilyn tavenner may not ring a bell with anyone, but she's in the spotlight today. she's in charge of the agency that created the healthcare.gov website. the very same website that has been universally criticized and mocked ever since it went live. today's hearing started with "i'm sorry." >> we know that consumers are eager to purchase this coverage, and to the millions of americans who have attempted to use healthcare.gov to shop and enroll in healthcare coverage, i want to apologize to you that the website has not worked as well as it should. >> from there, marilyn tavenner offered a steady defense of the overall obama care program. the website will be fixed, she promised, and in the long run more americans will have better coverage. cnn investigations correspondent chris frakes joins me now from washington. chris, a couple questions for you from this hearing here. t
at the end of the day, it was the national security agency which kept us safe. let's don't damage this organization. let's just try to clean it up. >> bob baer, thank you very much. and the name marilyn tavenner may not ring a bell with anyone, but she's in the spotlight today. she's in charge of the agency that created the healthcare.gov website. the very same website that has been universally criticized and mocked ever since it went live. today's hearing started with "i'm...
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spain's prosecutor has opened a preliminary inquiry into report that is the national security agency spited on its interspied on its citizens tracking more than 60 million phone calls in just one month. spain summoned the u.s. ambassador yesterday to discuss the allegations. the red sox have two chances to become world series champs starting tomorrow night. last night they grabbed a three games to two lead. jon lester allowed one run and four hits over seven and two-thirds innings. talk about the power of music, britney spears is reportedly being used as a secret weapon to fight somali pirates. crews are blasting spears' tunes to stop bandits from trying to hijack their supertankers. apparently the songs oops i did it again and baby one more time are the most effective in keeping the pirates at bay. and that's your fox news minute. back to you. ♪ ♪ dennis: and it's time to make money with baby one more time. charles payne -- [laughter] a fashionable pick for us. >> yeah. quicksilver. do you remember that? dennis: i don't remember. >> you don't? you never went into that skateboard
spain's prosecutor has opened a preliminary inquiry into report that is the national security agency spited on its interspied on its citizens tracking more than 60 million phone calls in just one month. spain summoned the u.s. ambassador yesterday to discuss the allegations. the red sox have two chances to become world series champs starting tomorrow night. last night they grabbed a three games to two lead. jon lester allowed one run and four hits over seven and two-thirds innings. talk about...
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surveillance programs after reports national security agency was spying on some 35 world leaders and the top senator on the senate intelligence committee says he is totally opposed to that surveillance and that data collection will not continue. cnn's chief national correspondent john king is here to talk more about all of this. it's pretty interesting where things have gotten with this spying controversy, john. the white house is saying they're going to review the spying policy of foreign leaders but dianne feinstein, she is not happy. she says she's been kept in the dark and wants a further review that she's going to spreer heea. >> dianne feinstein was a defender of the nsa, saying most of the intelligence gathering was necessary. but she defended most of the practices. now she's not happy. she doesn't think she's getting straight answers from the agency and sometimes the white house. she's promising tougher scrutiny. that's a signal to the administration, significantly in this latest case she put out a statement saying the administration had promised to end all surveillance of al
surveillance programs after reports national security agency was spying on some 35 world leaders and the top senator on the senate intelligence committee says he is totally opposed to that surveillance and that data collection will not continue. cnn's chief national correspondent john king is here to talk more about all of this. it's pretty interesting where things have gotten with this spying controversy, john. the white house is saying they're going to review the spying policy of foreign...
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the larger question is do we have an out of control national security agency? do we have a secret government in the shadows of government that the president of the united states and elected official doesn't know about. >> so we are feeding from the south of france. hear groaning. so, mika, thank you so much for showing up and you just pop right in. god knows we need somebody defending me this morning given all the things going on. >> okay. couple of things. stwargt the bush administration so i guess you could ask if president bush knew too and put those questions to him as well. >> what started in the bush administration. >> this monitoring of phone calls. >> of foreign leaders. >> if i may -- oh, wait dew point me to talk. i can go back to the south of france. >> i want you to educate what report suggests that george w. bush tapped the phones of world leaders? >> when did this start? >> four or five years ago. >> 2002. >> 2002. >> the tapping of foreign leaders. >> yes. so you have to apply the same questions to president bush, first of all, whether they do or
the larger question is do we have an out of control national security agency? do we have a secret government in the shadows of government that the president of the united states and elected official doesn't know about. >> so we are feeding from the south of france. hear groaning. so, mika, thank you so much for showing up and you just pop right in. god knows we need somebody defending me this morning given all the things going on. >> okay. couple of things. stwargt the bush...
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the head of the national security agency is facing tough questions in the house today about u.s. spying on foreign allies, including presidents and prime ministers. tens of millions of phone calls and e-mails have been intercepted as part of the war on terror. president obama is considering scaling back eavesdropping programs. >>> texas will appeal a federal judge's ruling that blocked a key part of the state's new abortion law. that provision requires any doctor performing the procedure to have privileges at a hospital within 30 miles. democratic state senator wendy davis gained national attention in june when she staged a 13 hour fill libuster to delay pase of the law. >>> two of the inmates who escaped from an oak jail this weekend were recaptured on monday. police say the men were caught 20 miles from the jail after buying snacks at a convenience store. two others are still on the run this morning. the group escaped by crawling through a trap door above a shower in a new $8 million facility. >>> a florida gas station clerk had his life literally saved by his phone. his cell p
the head of the national security agency is facing tough questions in the house today about u.s. spying on foreign allies, including presidents and prime ministers. tens of millions of phone calls and e-mails have been intercepted as part of the war on terror. president obama is considering scaling back eavesdropping programs. >>> texas will appeal a federal judge's ruling that blocked a key part of the state's new abortion law. that provision requires any doctor performing the...